Theocracy Watch

As we reported last week, several Ugandan Christian leaders have spoken
out on the Anti-Homosexuality Act which has been introduced in that
nation’s Parliament, but their statements have largely been in full
support with the bill  with a few reservations about the proposed
death penalty for “serial offenders” and those who are
HIV-positive...While some Ugandan Christian leaders have expressed
reservations about the death penalty provisions  while being perfectly
happy with lifetime imprisonment for being gay, at least one prominent
Uganda preacher has given the new law his total support. Martin Ssempa
of Makerere Community Church was not at the parliamentary meeting, but
he did send a statement to Grove City College professor Warren
Throckmorton in which he offered his “total support of the bill and
would be most grateful if it did pass.”

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